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3. I never knew about liquid lead as a coolant for nuclear reactors.

Sat Mar 16, 2019, 08:00 PM

Mar 2019

I never knew about liquid lead as a coolant for nuclear reactors.

It must take quite a system to pump it around for heat exchange.

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A nice little open sourced paper on "Sloshing." [View all] NNadir Mar 2019 OP

Check your first character there in subject line mate :) mr_lebowski Mar 2019 #1

Thanks. Done. NNadir Mar 2019 #2

I never knew about liquid lead as a coolant for nuclear reactors. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #3

Sloshing was a big deal in early liquid-fuel rocket design. eppur_se_muova Mar 2019 #5